{"id":14727,"date":"2024-03-19T11:16:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T05:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/tenn-megachurch-has-93-spontaneous-baptisms-in-one-day\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T11:16:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T05:46:42","slug":"tenn-megachurch-has-93-spontaneous-baptisms-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/tenn-megachurch-has-93-spontaneous-baptisms-in-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenn. megachurch has 93 spontaneous baptisms in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n
By Michael Gryboski<\/a>, Mainline Church Editor \"Twitter\"<\/a><\/div>\n<\/header>\n
\"Attendees<\/source><\/picture>
Attendees look on as one of 93 baptisms takes place at First Baptist Church of Hendersonville, Tennessee, on Sunday, March 10, 2024. <\/span> | First Baptist Church Hendersonville<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A megachurch in Tennessee has baptized 93 people across four worship services in a single day, with the people professing their faith having reportedly not planned to do so in advance.<\/p>\n

First Baptist Church of Hendersonville, which has an average weekly worship attendance of around 3,600 people, baptized 93 people on Sunday, the largest single-day number of baptisms the congregation has seen.<\/p>\n

There were 12 people baptized at the church\u2019s 8:30 a.m. service, 22 people baptized at the 9:45 a.m. service, five baptized at a 9:45 a.m. service held at a different venue on campus and 54 baptized at the 11:00 a.m. service.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/<\/p>\n
\n

Get Our Latest News for FREE<\/h2>\n

Subscribe to get daily\/weekly email with the top stories (plus special offers!) from The Christian Post. Be the first to know.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

FBC Hendersonville Senior Associate Pastor Bruce Raley told The Christian Post that while a lot of \u201cpreparation and prayer had gone into the day,\u201d the people who were \u201cbaptized had not come to church prepared to be baptized.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 93 baptisms were spontaneous,\u201d Raley said. \u201cThose people did not come prepared to be baptized that day, but we were prepared for them to be baptized that day and God just spoke and they were obedient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raley also told CP that his church sees a lot of people move from other parts of the United States, with many of the newcomers having either \u201cno faith background\u201d or \u201ca different faith background where baptism does not mean the same thing or it\u2019s not emphasized.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard the stories of many on Sunday that this is really the first time that we have really heard about the biblical importance and the biblical meaning of baptism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/source><\/picture>
A wall celebrating the 93 baptisms that took place at First Baptist Church of Hendersonville, Tennessee, on Sunday, March 10, 2024. <\/span> | First Baptist Church Hendersonville<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now that the 93 people are baptized, Raley explained that the next step will involve having them be connected to a small group Bible study, to help build their religious beliefs.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission statement is ‘connecting every generation to God, others, and service.’ And to connect them with others is through a group where they’re meeting with others on a weekly basis, studying the Word of God, and then engaging them in ministry,\u201d Raley told CP.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere they’re walking alongside of other people, serving inside the church or in the community and then just pairing them up, putting them with other believers to walk as they learn the Christian disciplines.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the ways that the church celebrated the baptisms was to have a prominently displayed wall in which the newly baptized people sign their names to testify to what they have done.<\/p>\n

\u201cBaptism is a priority for us. We want to see people come to faith in Christ and then make that profession of faith public through believer’s baptism. And so, we hold baptism up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Follow Michael Gryboski on Twitter <\/a> or Facebook<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n